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Time to vote out waste at the People’s Design Lab
Posted on 6 days agoOne of the most challenging fractions of waste in a zero waste vision is all that is left over after recycling—because it is either too toxic to be safely recycled... -
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What to do with the “leftovers” of Zero Waste
Posted on 1 week agoZero Waste is about minimising waste generation, maximising reuse & recycle and redesigning the economy in order to phase out those products that are either toxic or not recyclable. However,... -
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From the 3Rs to the Zero Waste hierarchy
Posted on 2 weeks agoHave you heard of the 3R, Reduce, Reuse Recycle? This was the first waste hierarchy that was popularised. Even Jack Johnson wrote a song about it, see: It is true... -
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Catalan Zero Waste network launches pilot bottle-deposit project in Cadaqués
Posted on on 04/18/2013When waste has a value littering disappears and recycling skyrockets. This is in a nutshell what the deposit system for packaging waste is about; one pays a deposit when buying... -
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Rossano Ercolini, president of Zero Waste Europe 2013 wins the Green Nobel award
Posted on on 04/15/2013The Goldman Environmental Prize, considered to be the “Green Nobel”, has been awarded to Rossano Ercolini, leader of the Zero Waste movement in Italy (Rifiuti Zero) and president of Zero... -
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Kick off of the Citizens Initiative for a Italian Zero Waste Law 2020!
Posted on on 04/02/2013Capannori was the first European town to adhere the Zero Waste goal for 2020, will Italy also be the first EU country to pass a ZW law? On March 27... -
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How much plastic litter is currently in EU waters?
Posted on on 03/22/2013Nobody knows. In fact, marine litter in European waters is not only of European origin, it stems from any other place in the world where trash is dumped into the... -
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Looking for solutions to single-use coffee-capsules
Posted on on 03/12/2013Since the invention of coffee-capsules we have seen how this potentially recyclable item was filling up more and more waste bins. In places where waste separation is at highest levels... -
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Potocnik: “Zero Waste is the right aspiration”
Posted on on 03/08/2013More than two hundred people including members of the European Parliament, mayors and local decision-makers, European Commission, the European Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potocnik and the famous actor Jeremy... -
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Recycling stagnates in the EU – lesson for EU waste & resource policy?
Posted on on 03/04/2013Sad news for the European Union; 2011 statistics show how despite the economic downturn and the decrease in consumption waste generation stays stable, recycling and composting stagnate and so does... -
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Dopper, the bottle is the message!
Posted on on 02/28/2013Dopper decided to give an alternative to the use of millions of single-use plastic bottles that are tossed away every minute. Indeed, the opposite of Zero Waste is using a... -
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Zero Waste goes to the European Parliament in Brussels!
Posted on on 02/20/2013It was about time to bring the Zero Waste ideas to the European institutions. With the help of the Green group in the European Parliament and with the support of...